Written records of the Kazan region of the xvi century: Historical, lexicological and lexicographical aspects

© Journal of Language and Literature. This article presents historical and lexical research and lexicographic description of written records materials of the Kazan region of the XVI century. The article shows the process of formation and development of Russian historical lexicography; analyzes classifications of historical dictionaries, formed on different basis; determines historical and lexicological informational content of written records of the Kazan region of the XVI century. It also considers methods and technics of studying written records of the Russian language: examined documents, related to the Kazan region of the XVI century, differ in their variety of genres and represent written business records showing administrative and managerial activity of the government, its local and central institutions and regulating legal relations among society members. Analyzed written records are of great value as a source of toponymy; their materials help to retrieve history of villages of the region, establish the fact of existence of certain toponyms and follow their connection with modern geographical names